To the faithful, not believing simply doesn’t make sense. They are much more forgiving of someone of a different faith than of someone with no faith at all. Atheists are at the bottom of the social chain.

I am not sure where the writers of Dexter will go as the season progresses. Obviously, they are taking a stance by choosing the killers to be religious fanatics. On the other hand, Dexter is also a killer. And he is godless. One kills for God, the other in the name of his own subjective sense of justice. Both are wrong. I’m hoping that, at least on TV, a compromise of sorts will be achieved.

It will be very disappointing if Dexter ends up a believer.

Marcelo Gleiser - Dexter’s Killer Commentary On Science And Religion : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR

I’ve never watched Dexter, but I appreciate the commentary here.

Source: NPR

motherjones: America’s Unreligious Warriors With DADT done, could the next military culture war be waged over atheist chaplains? (And isn’t “atheist chaplain” a contradiction in terms, anyway?) Mother Jones talks with the Iraq vet who’s spearheading a humanist movement in the ranks: “You can’t convert people to gay. You can convert people to atheist. And I think that worries a lot of people, even if we’re not trying to do that.” That’s some true shit. Awesome shit. People doing good things for good reasons doesn’t happen often enough.
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America’s Unreligious Warriors

With DADT done, could the next military culture war be waged over atheist chaplains? (And isn’t “atheist chaplain” a contradiction in terms, anyway?)

Mother Jones talks with the Iraq vet who’s spearheading a humanist movement in the ranks: “You can’t convert people to gay. You can convert people to atheist. And I think that worries a lot of people, even if we’re not trying to do that.”

That’s some true shit. Awesome shit. People doing good things for good reasons doesn’t happen often enough.

(via theatlantic)

Source: Mother Jones

(via National Ask An Atheist Day 2011 | Secular Student Alliance: Atheists, Humanists, Agnostics & Others) National Ask An Atheist Day! I was planning on writing something about this, but then I got stuck on Wikipedia reading about the Atheist’s Wager and Russell’s Teapot and it just stopped being productive. For a great primer, check out the documentaries “Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief” and the “Atheism Tapes”.
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(via National Ask An Atheist Day 2011 | Secular Student Alliance: Atheists, Humanists, Agnostics & Others)

National Ask An Atheist Day! I was planning on writing something about this, but then I got stuck on Wikipedia reading about the Atheist’s Wager and Russell’s Teapot and it just stopped being productive. For a great primer, check out the documentaries “Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief” and the “Atheism Tapes”.

Source: secularstudents.org

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